Secret Keeping Day

British poet and linguist Samuel Johnson said: “It is wise to keep your secret, but to expect others to keep it is foolish” There are no holy people, and everyone has a skeleton in their closet Can you trust your secrets to strangers? Do you always need to know someone else’s ins and outs? It is proposed to reflect on this matter on November 3, the Day of Keeping Secrets It is believed that a true friend will never betray or tell a trusted secret Other people's secrets are heard by hairdressers, fellow travelers on the train, psychologists at receptions, and priests during unction However, Benjamin Franklin, an American diplomat, scientist and philosopher, believed: “Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead” Indeed, if the goal is not to make important information public, it is better not to tell anyone about it A secret and the risk of its disclosure can cost the reputation and financial costs of a doctor, pastor and businessman, and the life of an intelligence officer and politician Is it always necessary to become a confidant - a confidant with whom a person shares his most intimate things? What does such an obligation look like from the perspective of public morality? There is a widely known case when a sinner repented and told the priest about the crime he had committed The pastor, keeping the confession secret, did not report this to the police As a result of this decision of the holy father, an innocent man served in prison for a murder he did not commit The Italian code of honor Cosa Nostra requires clan members to keep secrets under penalty of death In the ranks of gangsters, there is Omerta - an immutable law of silence But even if you have no relation to the Sicilian mafia, weigh the pros and cons before agreeing to become the bearer of someone else's secret In many cases, it is better to stop a person who dreams of pouring out his soul in time than to become the keeper of a dirty secret or information that sows evil or hides a crime The laws of many countries provide for punishment for violating the confidentiality of correspondence, personal life, or disclosing the fact of adoption of a child As well as criminal liability for concealing especially serious crimes November 3 is a funny and controversial holiday - Secret Keeping Day Who founded it and for what reason is a big secret As well as a clear answer to the question of whether it is worth becoming a confidant of other people’s secrets, because “for one person they are the size of a hamster, and for another they are the size of a dinosaur”